Gang Prevention Summit

On Friday, Feb. 25, 2006, community groups, elected officials and county
government employees came together to discuss gang prevention,
intervention and suppression. Sponsored by the Fairfax County Council on
Gang Prevention, the summit focused on coordinating existing gang
prevention and intervention efforts between county government, schools
and community groups.

The summit talks were structured around a recommended gang-prevention
model created by the U.S. Department of Justice. This model offers a
structure for coordinating prevention and intervention programs by
government and community groups. While other jurisdictions across the
country use this model, Fairfax County is one of the first in the
region to use it.

Gary McCollum (r) of Cox Communications
presented a
check for $3 million to Chairman Gerald Connolly as members
of the Board of Supervisors look on. The money will be used
for gang prevention efforts in the county and to
expand the Boys & Girls Club.

One of the five workshops which included
Opportunities
Provision, Suppression, Organizational Change and
Development, Community Mobilization and Social Intervention.